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that your meritorious, as well as, your evil deeds will invariably follow you during your next life. By carefully observing these practices, your mind will certainly become pure. Only butterflies try to enter a blazing fire. Wise persous never do it."
When King Narasimha was resting himseif after preventing Ghoraśiva from his determination of committing suicidal death, the directions resounded with the din of drums kettle-drums and other musical instruments, and Vidyadharas came down from the sky rendering the burial ground many-coloured by the rays of their varlous jewelled ornaments, and having joyfully bowed down at the feet of Ghoraslva they addressed him thus :“O worthy master! We have been sent here by Jayasékhara Kumāra, son of the vidyādhara king of Gagana Vallabha Nagara, with the object of taking you to him, you therefore, do us the favour of riding this excellent Kusumavatamsaka celestial car beautifled with numerous flags shaking in the air, capable of darkening the directions by the smoke of burning incense of Krşkāgaru (black aloes) and Kapūr (Camphor ), and charming with walls tasselated in varions ways by emeralds, gold, saphires, rubles etc." Ghorasiva replied :- vidyadharas, ! You leave off your eagerness for me. For the present, I am not in my former state. I have become free from the thirst of enjoyments. I am desirous of living in forests devoid of human beings, I am anxious to form family relations with deer. My love for deceit has vanished, and I look upon this world as a bundle of blazing fire. Now, you go back your own way, and you narrate my account before the Kumāra." The vidyādbaras said:-"You do not say so. Commencing from the day that Jayasekhara Kumāra went away from you, there was a severe fight with the vidyadhara king. Samaraslmha and several warriors were killed. Wicked Amara-teja was killed with much difficulty in the affray. Now, mutual peace has been established, and there were mutual din. ners and an exchange of gifts of various kinds. Jayasekhara Kumāra was very busy with his own affairs, all this time. He knew the incident of your being carried into a thick forest,
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